Who was Homer? Was Homer a real person, a group of people or a woman? There are a lot of myths surrounding the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, so in this video, I go over the main theories about who Homer was, where he was from, when he may have been alive and, also, discuss the likelihood that there was more than one...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:54 Was Homer a Woman?
6:12 When was Homer Writing?
9:05 Where was Homer From?
9:47 Why is he called Homer?
12:54 The Myth of How Homer Became Blind
14:52 Was Homer even real?
16:39 Homer Was Two People?
17:14 How did the two poets get called Homer?

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